The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-26
TIE Use OF SLANG.
a PARTIAL LIST or THE C%PaES-
SiOHS IN COMMON USE.
Words which A-c s.isappiicd Right and
Left-I-auGuaEe of the Rapid roung
Man-S:anS Used by the Theatrical
Pro essicn.

Left-I-anGoaEe of the Rapid -ounx
Man-S:snS Used by the Theatrical
Pro essicn.
Slang may not be elegant, bat ii Is won
derfully expressive. TIC Gotham bellies
have disc2vered this Gr.<. do not fail to air
their EnoFielSc- 10 hear a charming
creature, resembling an angel, or perhaps
q cherub. n WCSn's latest creation, a
perfect symphony in clouds of fieecy tullc,
tell her fond adcnirer to lice his lips and
take his toaGce for sleigh ride" pro-
duce5 SUCH q chill that pneumonia is i'm
minent.
n ladies' luncheon is pronounced to be
. ''hen party" S2d q dinner is said to be
"a feed :" Tho lctcss thing in ball dresses
Is declared e daisy" and the bon
net thse Sc to bring ont envy, hatred, NAL
ice and I'll Uncharitablencss Is spoken of
as ''tJc -ico.ce." The object CO ones
young affections cre-ts you on the avenue
with ''-A,, ti:oreE' while knowledge Of the
Old Tc-.r-ieat - Shown by the exclama-
ton, ''OA, Moses
The l:tes5 novel which meets with APP
probation i termed "a corier" and a
Venus or AGoIis whose hair would have
made Titan wild Is universally spos,en OF
as 'b.-cS.op- sweet is not applied
alone t. candy, but young men who SUD
and, inceeI!, everything with a name has
hc'l tI7e affective attached to il at some
ti.sle o. another. The word little is
niis29?i;a;l right and left, and is used TO
denote affection, is also old A
maiden of sweet l6 is told she is u dear
old thing" and a Hercules, who tips the
scale at $50 is termed little duck So
much for affection
THE RAPID YOUNG MAN.
n. Ii
told he is .'howler," and when he il on
the box seat showing how To handle a
team he is umislinformed he can handle
the ribbons" The eXertion of doing this
is giaIt, as his team pulls him, throws
dust at his competitors, and he must
pull UP and have a ball On his way
home inc passes the family carriage and ir-
rcverently remarks that he'a ''bet his
hat if that's not the ''Guv nor driving
in the family hearsc,' and his lately de-
ceasel uncle is spoken OF as u ''dea,ler.
Iii, piece II business is termed IA shop,"
and vel lie Is inclined t. have some sup
pr hc declares he must go and do q
| Wei: Ia rarebit.'
He speaks vi Delmonico's ball room s,s
the auction mart" and chaperones as
''o.d girls" Champagne he calls The
boy" AMI always offers his friends "A
weed When visit is made to Bar
-
1.-THE fish pond" The Anglomaniac al
way ptcfaceS his or her remarks by Il
say" if that were necessary trade
mark. \ man is being worked when
anything is being got from him. and a
''Gueer' member of family is always
spoken Of - IA REGULAR case The
''bl:ick Sh"-D'' of a family il known as a
''bad c.E-.' while anything that has been
expected ana does not Come Off il
known rs r sell
\ man I.luch in love is always spoken
of Us ''spoony,' and when this is recipFo
Gated the pair are known as spoons. '
The simple minded man is known to the
slang world as IA cake" and the same
one when he is supposed To be much in
love with n fair beins. is said TO have go
| il bad" OF young woman who has an
eye for the main chance" il is said tina
cher heads level" however high that
very necessary appendage may be carried,
and the men who gaze fondiy at her are
said To be mashed.
THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION.
The slang of the theatrical profession is
extensive, but it is decidedly confined to
the lower members of it. The better class
| of actors are studiously careful not to EN-
ploy it. and they look with a certain de
gree of contempt upon those who are ac-
customed in their daily conversation to
when Ito see the ghost walk" meant thai
salaries would be paid, a singular innova-
ton in the old times.
Union square is now the headquarters
of tine slang actor The high toned ones
have long ago left that conspicuous resort.
Here you will hear constant references to
''Jonahs.' the unfortunates who are sup
posed TO bring bad luck to the companies
they happen to have been employed with.
Il l-,v af Rnf fata al
Stake" a trashy and unworthy production
of n piece ''Gambs' is a reference TO the
limbs of m actress, and .'dicer' to the tall
hat OF the society actor. Perhaps no word
Is more hcbitualIy used than SNAP
which describes = company or a combina-
ton OF which the funds are SO low that IL
is not expected to last. There are snap
managers and ''snap" agents and ''suap
troupes that live from hand to mouth year
in and year out
IL was Johnny Thompson, the lon
Hand man, who got stuck one time ont
west with his company and somebody sug-
gested that he should pledge his diamonds
to get the people back. What he ex-
claimed in disgust; ''hock me sparks for
dem plumss No, Stree Mr. Thompson
was the foremost professor of slang upon
the stage
jay describes the country audience
Chase yourself IS the advice If the god
to the one who is making fool Of himself
| ''Sitting on ice" applies TO an audience
that won applaud. Touching that lit
tie question means the actor wants an
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